Grackle

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of several American blackbirds of the family Icteridae, especially of the genus Quiscalus, having iridescent blackish plumage. Also called crow blackbird.
  • n. Any of several Asian mynas of the genus Gracula.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Any of several American blackbirds of the genus Quiscalus having iridescent plumage
  • n. Any of several Asian myna birds of the genus Gracula
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One of several American blackbirds, of the family Icteridæ; as, the rusty grackle (Scolecophagus Carolinus); the boat-tailed grackle (see Boat-tail); the purple grackle (Quiscalus quiscula, or Q. versicolor). See Crow blackbird, under crow.
  • n. An Asiatic bird of the genus Gracula. See myna.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Some or any bird of the genus Gracula, or of one of the synonymous genera, of the old world.
  • n. An American icterine passerine bird of the family Icteridæ and chiefly of the subfamily Quiscalinæ: as, the purple grackle, or crowblackbird, Quiscalus purpureus (see cut under crow-blackbird); the boat-tailed or Texas grackle, Q. major; the rusty grackle, Scolecophagus ferrugineus.
  • n. Also spelled grakle.
  • n. In angling, the name of an artificial fly used in bass-fishing.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. glossy black Asiatic starling often taught to mimic speech
  • n. long-tailed American blackbird having iridescent black plumage
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    mynah    myna bird    mina    mynah bird    minah    myna   
    Cross Reference
    Variant
    crow    myna   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Spackle    cackle    crackle    hackle    jackal    shackle    spackle    tackle    unshackle   
    Same Context
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